Sportus interruptus: Three miles from the finish, the leader in the men's marathon was
knocked to the ground by a spectator and was subsequently passed by two runners. The attacker has attempted similar stunts at other events to
promote his apocalyptic religious books.
A longtime Jacksonville weblogger normally devoted to wonky subjects like his
blogging software made a
frank public admission on his weblog recently: "I had an affair with another woman. My wife was a severe depressive and I was uncaring and unfeeling towards her when she needed me the most."
Famous anus:: In sports world medical news reminiscent of George Brett's
hemorrhoidal issue during the 1980 World Series, an exhausted Jason Giambi is being tested for
entamoeba histolytica, a parasite that embeds itself in the intestinal lining and can cause fatal illness.
Blame Canada: Calling the conflict in Iraq the "stupidest war ever," Toronto Blue Jays player Carlos Delgado has been avoiding "God Bless America" during games.
Let's have a moment of silence to remember
Creed, the
widely reviled band whose attorney once offered this
inspired defense to a fan lawsuit: "You can't bring a lawsuit against a band for sucking."
London designers
Steve Mosley and Dominic Wilcox present
War Bowls. The conglomeration of warriors melted together in agonizing shapes could be taken as a
statement of some kind.
In
February, Robert Burrows' self-published book
The Great American Parade was called the "worst novel ever published in the English language" by Gene Weingarten in the
Washington Post. The insult has inspired a
second print edition and an
official Web site that includes the
full text and
political commentary by the author.
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